Tag: Hugh Jackman

Film: ‘The Wolverine’ sequel to follow ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’

The Wolverine (Hugh Jackman)

With X-Men: Days of Future Past looming large on the 2014 release calendar, and the previous announcement that X-Men: Apocalypse is due in 2016, attention has turned to the next sequel to James Mangold’s The Wolverine, thanks largely to his active Twitter account. Mangold confirms that a Wolverine film will follow Apocalypse, although it is …

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First trailer for ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ arrives

X-Men: Days of Future Past

It’s been an exciting couple of weeks for all things in comic book film land, with the debut of the Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer along with the international release of Thor: The Dark World. Now Fox has released the first look at mega-sequel X-Men: Days of Future Past into the wild, combining all of …

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Behind The Panels Issue 66 – The Wolverine

In this issue, it’s a huge week of news following the San Diego Comic-Con. PLUS a comic book sequel to Fight Club, and we remind you about some upcoming events. PLUS our Kick-Ass Picks of the Week: The Wolverine, the latest film in the Fox X-Men franchise from director James Mangold. On our next Issue: The …

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Box office: ‘The Wolverine’ opens to $141.1 million worldwide

The Wolverine: Hugh Jackman fights some guys in the snow

Despite a high number of positive reviews than its predecessor (including our own), The Wolverine has taken less than anticipated at the US box office but opened stronger internationally. Coming Soon indicates that the film still topped the charts and opened at an estimated $55 million in 3,924 theaters. This is lower than the estimated $75 …

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SDCC 2013: Fox reveals footage, plot details from ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’

20th Century Fox Presentation at 2013 Comic-Con

At the Comic-Con International in San Diego on Saturday evening, Fox revealed the first footage from X-Men: Days of Future Past, along with several key plot details of the adaptation of the classic Chris Claremont run. Bryan Singer took the stage to show footage (in 3D no less) from X-Men: Days of Future Past, before he was …

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Spoiler Zone: ‘The Wolverine’ secret end credits ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ tease

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Patrick Stewart

Warning: The following post contains spoilers for the end credits sequence in The Wolverine. It details plot points and reveals that you may wish to keep secret until you have seen the film. You have been warned. Earlier this week, we reported that Hugh Jackman had revealed the end credits of The Wolverine  would tease Bryan …

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Film Review: The Wolverine

The Wolverine (Japan)

The Wolverine’s second solo adventure tips its hat to the comics, and focuses on character for mature action epic. He’s the best there is at what he does, which is probably why Wolverine remains one of Marvel’s most popular characters almost forty years after his introduction in the pages of The Incredible Hulk. One of …

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Photos: ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ character portraits and viral campaign

X-Men: Days of Future Past Viral campaign

The campaign for X-Men: Days of Future Past has started its campaign via the X-Men movies tumblr. The first eight images are of Magneto (Ian McKellan), Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart), a first look at Bishop (Omar Sy), Colossus (Daniel Cudmore), Beast (Nicholas Hoult), Havok (Lucas Till) and Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). It’s followed by an …

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Hugh Jackman says ‘The Wolverine’ contains ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ tease

X-Men: Days of Future Past - Nicholas Hoult and Hugh Jackman

In an interview with ComingSoon.Net/SuperHeroHype, actor Hugh Jackman gave us another reason to be excited about next week’s release of The Wolverine: “If you stay on after the credits you get to see a nice little preview for Bryan’s next film.” He is, of course, referring to Bryan Singer‘s X-Men: Days of Future Past, both a …

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Watch ‘The Wolverine’ world premiere broadcast live online

The Wolverine poster - Teaser

 20th Century Fox has shared with us a live feed for the upcoming world premiere of The Wolverine, next Tuesday, 16 July 2013 at 6:00 pm BST (London time). That’s 3am the following day for Australian viewers on the east coast if you’re planning on getting up. The video embed below will go live at that time. If …

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New featurette for ‘The Wolverine’ reveals new footage and story details

The Wolverine

Digital Spy has revealed a new featurette that gets into the nuts and bolts of The Wolverine, the next chapter in Fox’s successful X-Men film franchise from director James Mangold. Starring Hugh Jackman as Logan, the featurette establishes that the film is set after X-Men: The Last Stand, and also reminds us that X-Men: The …

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